2017 Nissan Leaf Enlarge Photo The Nissan Leaf has been a fading light in the electric car market, but after a few years in the dark, it will soon get a chance to shine once more. Despite a battery capacity increase in 2016 and a quarter of a million in sales since its 2010 launch, the Leaf has been in dire need of a proper trip back to the drawing board. Especially in recent years, with the increasing number of competitors on the market, the Leaf has somewhat fallen out of the public eye. DON’T MISS: 2018 Nissan Leaf: what we know so far about next electric car This September, that will change when the Renault Nissan Alliance unveils the long-awaited second-generation Leaf. A recent article in industry trade journal Automotive News included some details about the alliance's ambitious longer-term plans for plug-in electric vehicles. For 2018, the Renault-Nissan group plans...